commence

英 [kəˈmens]

美 [kəˈmens]

v.  开始发生; 开始; 着手

过去分词：commenced　现在分词：commencing　过去式：commenced　第三人称单数：commences　

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同义词辨析

startbegincommence【导航词义：开始】

牛津词典

verb

• 开始发生；开始；着手
  to begin to happen; to begin sth
  1. The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.
     会议定于午间召开。
  2. The day commenced with a welcome from the principal.
     那天由校长致欢迎词开始。
  3. I will be on leave during the week commencing 15 February.
     我将从2月15日开始一周的休假。
  4. She commenced her medical career in 1956.
     她于1956年开始行医。
  5. We commence building next week.
     我们下周破土动工。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 开始
  When somethingcommencesor youcommenceit, it begins.
  1. The academic year commences at the beginning of October...
     学年于10月初开始。
  2. They commenced a systematic search...
     他们开始进行彻底搜查。
  3. The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
     猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。

Commence,start, andbeginall have a similar meaning, althoughcommenceis more formal and is not normally used in conversation.The meeting is ready to begin... He tore the list up and started a fresh one. ...an alternative to commencing the process of European integration.Note thatbegin,start, andcommencecan all be followed by an -ing form or a noun, but onlybeginandstartcan be followed by a 'to' infinitive.
commence, start 和 begin 三个词意思相近，不过 commence 一词更为正式，通常不用于对话中。例如，The meeting is ready to begin (会议可以开始了)，He tore the list up and started a fresh one (他把清单撕碎，然后另列一张)，an alternative to commencing the process of European integration (启动欧洲一体化进程的另一种方式)。注意 begin, start 和 commence 都能后接动词的 -ing 形式或名词，但只有 begin 和 start 才能后接不定式。

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutset out
• set in motion, cause to start
  1. The U.S. started a war in the Middle East
  2. The Iraqis began hostilities
  3. begin a new chapter in your life
  Synonym:beginlead offstart
• get off the ground
  1. Who started this company?
  2. We embarked on an exciting enterprise
  3. I start my day with a good breakfast
  4. We began the new semester
  5. The afternoon session begins at 4 PM
  6. The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack
  Synonym:startstart upembark on

双语例句

• The next stage of work on constitutional development cannot commence without first resolving the issues of legislative process.
  法律程序问题一日不解决，下一步政制发展工作都不能展开。
• When the construction work is expected to commence and when it will be completed?
  有关兴建工程预计何时动工，及将于何时完成？
• The cool down and start-up procedure will commence with assistance from appropriate vendor representatives as required.
  冷却和开车程序将根据需要在合适的卖方代表的协助下开始。
• Hogs commence breeding when they are from nine to twelve months old.
  母猪等他们到了九到十二个月大时就开始繁殖。
• Further negotiations on services and agriculture were to commence in 2000.
  服务业和农业的谈判将于二零零零年再度展开。
• If everyone has arrived, we may now commence the meeting.
  如果人都到齐了，现在我们可以开始开会。
• Then he would wait no longer, but flew away, to commence his wooing at once.
  当他从她得不到半个字的回答的时候，就不再愿意问了。他飞走了，并且立刻开始他的求婚活动。
• The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
  猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。
• The academic year commences at the beginning of October
  学年于10月初开始。
• I shall forthwith commence the duties of the high trust to which you have called me.
  现在我就将开始你们召唤我上任的被赋予如此高度信任的职务。